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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 346 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  10. 10.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  15. 15.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  16. 16.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  30. 30.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. 18
  4. 5
  5. False
  6. 18
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Rabindranath Tagore
  9. Kalidasa
  10. Gitanjali
  11. The Jungle Book
  12. English
  13. False
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Alice in Wonderland
  16. True
  17. Premchand
  18. True
  19. True
  20. Rudyard Kipling
  21. Sanskrit
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Tamil
  25. the Mahabharata
  26. Bengali
  27. animal stories
  28. Premchand
  29. Wings of Fire
  30. Ramcharitmanas
  31. True
  32. the Panchatantra
  33. English
  34. True
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Ved Vyasa
  40. English

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